Transformations - 30 May 2014

This year's UCL English Department Graduate Conference seeks to explore the nature of transformation and the many possible meanings this can hold for the wide diaspora of text production and consumption. Over the past century the study of English literature has undergone vast transformations, prompting academics and writers to re-evaluate the concept of the 'canon', examine practices of reading, and consider the cultural impact of texts and criticism. We invite students across periods and disciplines to explore the theme of 'transformations'.

How do texts and genres change in shape or form across centuries and across media? Can affective or political readings of texts inspire change and transformation? How do practices such as translation and revision, parody and satire, point to the text as something which is continually undergoing transformation?